Is it not time for the anti-capitalist left to undertake some solidarity action to support those muslim/ Asian youths who have been given long prison sentences for particpating in the riots in Bradford, Burnley, and Oldham last summer? These riots took place, I would suggest, both as a response to Fascist attacks' and in a broader sense to the capitalist system's marginalisation of entire communities in the north of England.
Given the extremely hard line that the judicial establishment is taking with those dragged through the capitalist courts, surely now is the time for the radical left to stand up and be counted on the issue of supporting muslim/Asian youths who rose up to defend themselves and their communities from the Fascists and the capitalist state. If the radical left shows by its actions -not merely its rhetoric- that it supports these radical youths', then we might actually attract them to leftist anti-capitalist politics. If we fail them now, then we should not be surprised if they turn to other less progressive radical forces!

Anyone out there who has any thoughts about this please respond.